PETS－2语法讲解(305)

I've got money to burn.
　　我们形容有钱人钱多到可以用来当柴烧，英文也有类似的说法：I've got money to burn. (我有钱用来烧)，比喻我很有钱。形容一个人富有英文可以说：He's loaded/ rich/ a fat-cat。暴发户可以叫new money。
　　对 话来源：
　　Rita: You spend so much shopping, don't you worry about budgeting?
　　Vivian: I never worry about it. I'm loaded.
　　Rita: But you don't have a job or anything.
　　Vivian: But my husband does, so I've got money to burn.
　　莉达：你花这么钱多购物，不怕会花光钱吗？
　　维维安：我从不担心这个问题，我很富裕。
　　莉达：但你没有工作。
　　维维安：但我的丈夫有钱嘛，所以我有烧不尽的钱拿来花。
　　莉达自言：I'm loaded. I've got money to burn。Loaded本义是‘载了货的’，俚语常引申解作‘有钱’，也作loaded with dough。Dough原是‘生面团’，俚语则用来说‘钱’，例如：(1) I took up a part-time job to earn some dough.（我要赚点钱，从事兼职工作）。(2) Don't spend so much dough on her.（别在她身上花那么多钱）。
　　To have money to burn直译是‘有钱要烧掉’。这同样是‘很有钱’的意思，也可解作有余钱’，例如：If you have money to burn, save it for a rainy day.（假如你有余钱，应储蓄起来，以备不时之需）。
　　汉朝崔烈以五百万钱买个官职，‘论者嫌其铜臭’。英文也有类似‘铜臭’的说法：to stink of money或to be stinking rich。Stink是‘发臭味’，过去式和过去分词(past participle)是stank、stunk，例如：The fish stinks. Throw it away（鱼已经发臭，扔了吧）。To stink of money或to be stinking rich即‘很有钱’，带贬义，例如：He stank of money, and of course many girls set their caps at him（他广有金银，当然得到不少女郎垂青）。从前女人多戴帽子(cap)；要引起男人注意，会挑看的一顶，一丝不苟的戴上，所以to set one's cap at a man是指女人设法吸引意中人追求。此外，rolling in money（在钱里打滚）、made of money（是钱造的）、(well) heeled（鞋子有后跟的）等，都是说‘很有钱’。He must be rolling in money/made of money/heeled即‘他一定很有钱’。